Unscramble CLERICATE and you have 246 words, CLERICATE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ELECTRIC, CELERIAC and CALCRETE lead with 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CLERICATE split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among 39 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CLERICATE, the top score is 10, reached by 11. CREATE, RETAIL and CIRCLE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CLERICATE, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. CLEAR, LATER and ALERT are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words in CLERICATE are led by CECA and ECCE, 8 points each. CARE, CART and LATE are the familiar ones.
Of the 54 3-letter words made with CLERICATE letters, 14 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, CAR and ART are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CLERICATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CALCRETE, CELERIAC and ELECTRIC (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CLERICATE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLERICATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 246) | 201 | 245 | 188 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLERICATE, CREATIC, ACCITE, CRAIC, TICCA, ALERCE, CERTIE, ECCE, TARCEL, ARTIC, CITAL, CLART and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CALCRETE, CERCAL, TALCIER, RECIT, CERT, CLIT, CRIA, CRIT, CAL, TEC, ARIE, RAI and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of CLERICATE and one more.